減らす

Japanese
Kanji in this term
減
へ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
See also 減る

Verb

減らす (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana へらす, rōmaji herasu)

Japanese verb pair
active 減らす
mediopassive 減る
  1. reduce, decrease, subtract

Conjugation
Conjugation of "減らす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 減らさ へらさ herasa
Continuative (連用形) 減らし へらし herashi
Terminal (終止形) 減らす へらす herasu
Attributive (連体形) 減らす へらす herasu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 減らせ へらせ herase
Imperative (命令形) 減らせ へらせ herase
Key constructions
Passive 減らされる へらされる herasareru
Causative 減らさせる
減らさす		 へらさせる
へらさす		 herasaseru
herasasu
Potential 減らせる へらせる heraseru
Volitional 減らそう へらそう herasō
Negative 減らさない へらさない herasanai
Negative continuative 減らさず へらさず herasazu
Formal 減らします へらします herashimasu
Perfective 減らした へらした herashita
Conjunctive 減らして へらして herashite
Hypothetical conditional 減らせば へらせば heraseba
Classical conjugation of "減らす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 減らさへらさferasa
Continuative (連用形) 減らしへらしferasi
Terminal (終止形) 減らすへらすferasu
Attributive (連体形) 減らすへらすferasu
Realis (已然形) 減らせへらせferase
Imperative (命令形) 減らせへらせferase
Key constructions
Negative 減らさずへらさずferasazu
Contrasting conjunction 減らせどへらせどferasedo
Causal conjunction 減らせばへらせばferaseba
Conditional conjunction 減らさばへらさばferasaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 減らしきへらしきferasiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 減らしけりへらしけりferasikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 減らしつへらしつferasitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 減らしぬへらしぬferasinu
Perfect-continuative tense 減らせり
減らしたり		へらせり
へらしたり		feraseri
ferasitari

Antonyms
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